CHAPTER 306

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
§ 46-48.1, relating to exemption from motor vehicle registration fees.
(S 301]

Approved March 11, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
§ 46-48.1, as follows:

§ 46-48.1. All motor vehicles owned and used for personal or official
purposes by accredited consular or diplomatic officers of foreign govern-
ments, who are nationals of the state by which they are appointed and are
not citizens of the United States, are hereby exempted from the provisions
of this title requiring the payment of registration fees, but all such vehicles
shall display license plates or identification markers approved by the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Every application for license plates or
identification markers hereunder shall be accompanied by the certificate
of the Secretary of State of the United States or his agent that the applicant
is entitled thereto under the provisions of this section.